Civil War
Soldiers that represented the South
Confederates
He is known as the leading figure of the Civil Rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr.
What years did the Cold War start and end
1945 and 1991
What was the ruler of Russia called?
The Tsar
How many British colonies were established in America?
Thirteen (13)
The president that wanted to end slavery
Abraham Lincoln
African Americans started boycotting dinners and buses the decades of...
1950s and 1960s
What were the U.S and Russia building in competition with each other?
A bunch of nuclear weapons
A political system based upon the undivided rule of a single person
Monarchy
The name of the event that caused economic devastation worldwide in the 1930s
The Great Depression
The doctrine that Abraham Lincoln passed into law to help free slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
Four African American girls were killed in the 16th St Baptist Church, where did this happen?
Birmingham, Alabama
President of the United States when man landed on the moon
John F Kennedy
What significance did Nicholas II have before the communist revolution?
Being the Tsar
The name of the era that brought new inventions, people beginning to work in factories, moving in the cities
The Industrial Revolution
The period of time after Lincoln’s assassination is known as...
Reconstruction era
Their death inspired Rosa Parks to stage a sit-in in Montgomery
Emmett Till
What was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists?
What is the Vietnam War?
Who was the Bolshevik Leader of the 1917 October Revolution, and the first Head of State of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin
The Freedom Rides occurred in which two countries?
The USA and Australia
The man that shot Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
The name given to the case that declared separate but equal to be unconstitutional
The Brown vs Board of Education
What was the nick name for the Cold War in the U.S?
The Red Scare
What significant event happened in the year 1917?
The 1917 February revolution
People had money, were drinking, smoking cigarettes, and jazz was the new form of music
The Roaring 1920's